I don't get some of the technical stuff. The vroop vroop vroooooooooop doesn't make a whole lot of sense. 

Damn, they mesh together really well. 

The song sounds a lot like that one Vitalic (I think?) track that I can't remember the name of at the moment. 

Isn't that the theme from "requiem for a dream"? 

Wow that's fucking awesome. 

Eh, I didn't get it. That made my ears hurt. 

I'm sure it's impressive to those who know what the hell's going on.

I'm not one of those people. 

boop blip boooopa booopa wickee 

I thought it sounded awesome, but I have no idea what was going on. Anyone care to explain how that stuff works in 50 words or less? 

If you liked this, check out the entire Ninjatune record label.

Kid Koala specifically ;-) 

Kid Koala specifically

And Hexstatic 

pick up the lovage album as well. 

THAT IS FUCKING SICK!

The skill, coordination, practice to get that to mesh together so perfectly... dizzam! 

That looks pretty simple to do BUT I think what won was the creativity. Its an actual song composition as apposed to all the random flashy scratching. 

nice to see this done without the aid of midi-sync. Almost like a traditional musician jam session. 

The skill, coordination, practice to get that to mesh together so perfectly... dizzam!

Yeah it's almost like they were playing instruments together... Like in a band or something.

Wild. 

Very nice. It has actually inspired me to go to best buy and get their CD, which is rare since that would involve spending money... 

Not Rock n Roll 

I thought it sounded awesome, but I have no idea what was going on.

yes, yes indeed. I'm listening to it again, right now.

beep bo beep bo beep, bah wah, beep bo beep bo beep, bah wah 

Isn't that the theme from "requiem for a dream"?

If it is, and it sounds like it is, then you are really good at recognizing instrumentals.

The requiem theme song was all in strings I think; but this sounds like a dead ringer. 

he need 3 other people to hlp me out, ha, when i saw def jux rjd2 spun 8 tables all by himself then for a finally he used his leg to spin a record 

Who else thought that that was the song from Punch Out... Anyone??? 

supafly! but not my style of techno, i dig the dirty electo house 

NakedPope said:

Isn't that the theme from "requiem for a dream"?

That what came to mind too.

They have some mad skill. Props to these guys 

whats amazing is that they were all basically "juggling"

Everyone was using a record and either using a single sound scratched to make a series of sounds, or a single beat over and over the make up a series of beats.

It wasn't as though someone left a record spinning with the beat. One of them was using a single snare over and over again to create the series of snares....as in...
The snare hits
He fades out his table
pulls the record back to the beginning of the snare
lets go of the record
fades back in.
Repeat fast and accuratly in synch with 3 others.

Also they where using the same sound on a record to create diffeerent sounds by playing it in reverse or forward at different speeds. This shit is hard enough on it's own...let lone synching with 3 other guys.

oh, and RJD2 pisses me off. I love Def Jux (mainly cause of Aesop Rock) but RJD2 said he was as good as Shadow...or better. On a technical standpoint, and the sheer number of records Shadow has used in performances...this is crap. 

The only thing this featured from Requiem for a Dream was the easily recognizable violin part... That's what makes it seem like that piece. Just a small sample. 

Actually I guess the beat is pretty similar in parts but with direct comparison it's very different. Not just sounding different [obviously] but the beat has changed distinctly. 

Needs more Amen Break. 

forgive me for maybe pissing off the techno people here, but I just dont find it that impressive
its not like they are the first group of 4 guys to form a band/group and play together
4 and 5 man groups have been around since well, a goddamn long time
and if you wanna see something impressive, to check out and orchestra!
50+ people all playing and making music! 

No it is the overture from requiem for a dream. Not just a little bit, the whole thing.If I could be arsed I'd match them up, they're pretty much identical on the tempo as well. 

An orchestra does have a conductor to keep time mind buckygoldstein. That and sheet music. 

I'd say the technical abililty demonstrated by those guys is at least a match for the individual efforts of each person in a large orchestra. They've turned their decks into instruments, which is far from easy, and synchronised almost perfectly with three others. With no conductor. 

Well, see, normally that would be true... if you were dealing with 'instruments'. These are, in all fairness, RECORD PLAYERS. It's like 4 people making a kick ass song with cell phone number tones. It's not as if the guy playing the bass line is just playing a beat on the record, he's MAKING the beat with a single tone over and over. It's incredable. 

RepetitiveRepetitiveReReRepetitiveRepetitive ReReRepetitiveRepetitiveReReRepetitiveRepetitive 

he need 3 other people to hlp me out, ha, when i saw def jux rjd2 spun 8 tables all by himself then for a finally he used his leg to spin a record

Meh..want to impress me? get your captain rosco out and break some nasty cuts.

I cant believe I just used captain rosco, break and cuts in the same sentence. ouch. 

pretty good shit. i have a vhs copy of this 

that was fucking HOT AS FUCK. 

I sure enjoyed that video clip. 

nerdy bam bam 

ok, its on repeat now
so AWESOME 

oh man. the very very end is so good. 

Just a little explanation on what exactly is going on for those who dont know the actual process... (I am keeping this real basic, so dont kill me on technical stuff)

The turn table is what makes the noise. As most of you know the needle picks up the groves on the record, and then normally passes it through some sort of amp into a speaker. These guys have put cut switches in line with their amps so that they can cut the sound on and off. This lets them take pieces of songs that are on the record, and sample them to make rythms and beats as they see fit. They can then play pieces of the record at their leasure, cut the sound, rotate the record back to the original point by hand, and then play the sound again. When you do this quickly, and have a lot of coordination, you get what we just saw in the video here.

Not 50 words or less, but that is my understanding of the whole process of scrathing (or whatever its called)

/is not remotely a DJ or anything associated with music
//just sayin' 

holy freaking gord that's amaaazing

that was fucking HOT AS FUCK.

man i wish i could do that... freakin a... 

http://www.dmcworld.com/championships/2006/video.asp
For all your DMC video needs. I haven't watched too many of them yet so I can't comment on which are better than others (not that I'm such an expert anyway) but enjoy. I personally like the solo stuff more than the groups. 

That's pretty impressive. 

I totally submitted this yesterday. :( 

That was some hot shit. 

I bit torrented their CD and the file was called "Abbesses" lol... wonder which is a typo... ;/ silly french ppl? or bad torrent creatorz!!!! 

Here's the basics from one of the Masters....Dj Q-Bert

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgbgLf_dmzE&mode=suggested&search=dmc%20w orld%20champion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsX4x4dyUT8&mode=suggested&search=dmc%20w orld%20champion 

blueWolf said:

I bit torrented their CD and the file was called "Abbesses" lol... wonder which is a typo... ;/ silly french ppl? or bad torrent creatorz!!!!

The title of the song "Abbesses" is spelled correctly. I'm in Paris now and just checked with some locals. However, no one over here can provide me with a meaning of the word nor its English translation, but they completely assure me the spelling is correct..haha, go figure.

Check out their website: http://www.birdynamnam.com/

While there, watch their "Les chant des baleines" vid for a sick, harder-edged mix.

Their MySpace site also has some nice tunes for download: http://www.myspace.com/birdynamnam